Georgia Tech Postgame Notes

Georgia Tech’s Win Tonight Gives The Yellow Jackets… … a record of 20-11 overall … 20 wins in a season for the 14th time in school history and for the fourth time under Paul Hewitt … an opening-round AC Tournament win for the third consecutive year … a 22-27 all-time record in the ACC Tournament, including a 7-9 mark under Hewitt … a 2-1 record as the ACC Tournament’s No. 7 seed … an 8-17 all-time record in the Greensboro Coliseum, including a 6-12 mark in ACC Tournament games … a 174-142 record in 10 seasons under Paul Hewitt … a 23-60 all-time record vs. North Carolina … three consecutive wins over the Tar Heels for the first time since 1993-94 … three wins over the Tar Heels in one season for the first time since 1984-85 … a 5-4 record vs. the Tar Heels in ACC Tournament play including a 2-1 mark in Greensboro … a 9-11 record vs. North Carolina under Hewitt … a 1-2 record in March … a 3-8 record this season when trailing at halftime … an all-time record of 1,236-1,085 in 95 seasons of basketball

Team Notes … Georgia Tech won an ACC Tournament game in which it scored less than 70 points for the first time since 1993 … Tech held an opponent to less than 40 percent shooting for the first time since Feb. 13 (vs. Wake Forest) … Tech was out-rebounded for the third time in the last four games

D’Andre Bell, Sr. … made his 49th consecutive start and his 64th career start overall … needed five steals entering tonight’s game to pass Jon Barry (124 steals) for 16th place on Tech’s all-time career steals list

Derrick Favors, Fr. … connected on his first seven field goal attempts before finally missing with just over 5 minutes remaining … scored in double figures for the sixth straight game (has scored at least 13 points in six straight games) … scored in double figures for the 22nd time this season … has blocked four-plus shots in each of his last three games … entered tonight’s game with 61 blocked shots, needing six more to pass Jason Collier and Chris Bosh on Tech’s all-time CAREER blocked shots list … has played in all 31 games this season and has started 30 times

Gani Lawal, Jr. … scored in double figures for the 23rd time this season and the 57th time in his career … entered tonight’s game with 1,105 points, needing 32 to pass Jim Nolan for 32nd on Tech’s all-time career scoring list … entered tonight’s game with 672 career rebounds, needing nine to pass Duane Ferrell for 15th place on Tech’s all-time career rebounds list … played in his 94th career game and started for the 86th time

Glen Rice, Fr. … has made at least one three-point field goal in seven consecutive games … has made at least two three-point field goals in three straight games … made his sixth consecutive start

Iman Shumpert, So. … his second three-point field goal gave him seven over the last two games combined … has made two or more three-point field goals in a game eight times this season … his first rebound tonight was the 200th of his career … made his 18th consecutive start and his 55th career start overall … had double-figure field goal attempts for the fifth consecutive game (just the 8th time all season)